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3090 sale pending, waterblock still available.
Payment is by Paypal F&F. My heatware is under kamikazi
EK Strix Vector waterblock and backplate removed, here's the inside view of it.
Inside view of air cooler and backplate
PCB cleaned up
Kingpin KPX applied
Card re-assembled
Card running
Heaven Benchmark running.
Payment is by Paypal F&F. My heatware is under kamikazi
I bought this 3090 here in November 2022 and I am the second owner. I received it with an EK Vector waterblock installed and I used it in that setup until I got my 5070 Ti. I converted it back to air cooling today, set it to the performance BIOS switch and run it through the Heaven Benchmark to heat it up. I then benchmarked it in 3DMark Firestrike, Port Royal, Steel Legend, and Raceway at bone stock. You can look at the scores from May 26, 2025 under kamikazi123. It appears the person I bought it from never used the air cooler as all the protective film was still there and there was no dust or dirt. I used Kingpin KPX for thermal paste. I have all retail packaging and even the Microcenter receipt from the first owner. This card has minimal coil whine. It seemed worse with water cooling, but the stock heatsink seems to block most of it. If you put it in a case on the floor, you won't hear it at all as the fans mask it. $620 shipped for everything, $595 shipped for the stock card, $50 shipped for the waterblock. payment by Paypal F&F.
Original setup
EK Strix Vector waterblock and backplate removed, here's the inside view of it.
Inside view of air cooler and backplate
PCB cleaned up
Kingpin KPX applied
Card re-assembled
Card running
Heaven Benchmark running.
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